Collated worksheets



'Patented No?. 20,1923. y

JoHN ASHLAND WHER-nYfoiiNEwonLnANs, LoU1s1ANA- y coLLefrnn wonKsHnnTs.

vApplication inea June 14, 1922. VVserial No.` 568,191.

T all whomz5 may concern-.i I

. clare the` following to be a full, clear andV exact description of the invention, such las ll), will enable others skilled in the artto which lso it appertains to make and use th-e same. v

The invention relates to collated work sheets of the same general type as those disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial 5 No. 486,363, filed July 21st,1921, Patent No.

1,424,967, associatedwith simple andeffective means for locking thej sheets together which will admit ofthe sheets being readily assembled in any desired relative adjustment 4and as readily dis-associated or separated. To this end the invention comprises a main lwork sheethaving-a notch in its top edge and notches in its side edges near the top, a supplementary work sheet, which may be associated with a subjacent transfer or carbon sheet, adapted .tobe folded over longitudinally andengaged at the fold with the top 'edge ofthe main sheet within the'notch, and a-continuous band or envelope adapted to be slipped over the associate sheets and Y engaged within the, notches Vin the vlateral edges of the main sheet, and thereby secure the assembled vor collated sheets together.

The invention is illustrated-in the accompanying drawings Vin which- Fig. 1 is a front viewof the preferred forml of the invention involving collated main and supplementary sheets with an interposed'transfer. sheet and a locking band or envelope, thelatter being broken away in part.

Fig. 2 is a section online 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the main sheet which may be in the form of a card, or leaf, for receiving the data and, for the purpose of illustration, is in the form of a ledger sheet having the usual heading space and column headings, and if desired, the customary column rulings commonly employed in' sheets of this character. Near the top of the sheet 1 each of the side edges is provided with a notch 2 and preferably the upper edge is provided with an elongated notch 3. The supplementary sheet 8, inthe-.form shown Vis an "ordinary. statement, is adapted to over-'lie av `portionof the main sheet, and is of a widthl sutficientto lie snugly within the slot when said supplementary sheet is folded over lonf Y gtudinallyso as to overlap both the front and back faces of the mainsheehas shown.

Ordinarily they supplenientary slieet-'will be associated witha transfer sheet` v1Q of can' bon paper or the'likawhich may be of the u samey size as 4the supplementary sheet and` folded therewith toy en age the 'notch 3 in the top edge of the'malnsheet. It will be understood thatfthe main 'andgsupplernene tary sheets may be provided withthe column and line space indiciaand, if desired, with the usual spacmgs, rulingsl and indicia as described 1n my copending application aforesaid, and that the supplementary sheetv c .y

may be adjusted andapplied to the same purpose and effect-as thesupplementary sheet in said application. n f I In order to vloclt lthe mainV and supplementary sheets securely together so lthat they may .be handledinthe ordinary operations of inscribingthe data o n `the sheets by a typewriting machine. and filing the ycollated sheets in their proper places, there ,is provided a locking'devicefwhich`, in its pre-1 Vferred form,'comprises envelope t hav-f ing a .closed top 7 and open bottom and its. upper; corners, cutaway as at 5,.-5 so that"4 end folds 6 engage the notches 2 in theside edges of the main sheet 1, the envelope con` stituting a continuous band vwhich. snugly surrounds the upper portion of the collated sheets, and-which may loe-readily removed from interlocking relation with the main sheet by bending the latter slightly torelease the folds 6 from the notches 2 and permit the envelope to be. slipped off ofthe assembled sheets.. f

If desired, the'k envelope fi may take the form of a continuous band of a width substantially equal to the length of the notches y2 and without the top closure 7. In either form of .the continuous locking band or envelope it will be seen that the same is of I sufficient length to snugly engage the main sheet at the notches 2 2 and overlie the front and back folded sections of the supple, mentary and transfer sheets, as 1llustrated in -Fig. 2, so that the latter will be securely held in properly'adjusted position. with rea Yeo spect to the main sheet and theassembled orcollated sheets may be readily handled during tbe ordinary course of business With-- out danger of displacing or deranging any of the sheets. Y

As indicated, the locking envelope or band 41 is proif'ided with a 'sight opening 9, pref-v erably covered by a transparent sheet,

'through which the identifying data On the kmay represent only a part of the complete' data, as described in my co-pending application aforesaid.` as for example the main sheet, when employed as a ledger record, may be used until it is completely filled on both sides and the supplementary sheet may be employed as a statementcovering any desired period and -When the period is complete the supplementarysheet may be re.

moved and replaced by a new one. When the main sheet has been filledv on one side it is necessary only to remove the locking envelope, or band, vand shift the supplementary sheet and associated transfer sheet to the opposite face ofM the main 'sheet and then reverse the envelope or band so that the sight opening therein Will overlie the rearface of the main sheet.

Vhat I claim is:

l. The combinati-on of a main Work sheet having a notch in yits top edge and notches in its side edges near the top, a supple.- mentary Work sheet adapted to be folded over longitudinally and engaged Vat the fold with thertop edge of the main sheet within the notch therein, and a continuous removable band of paper or the like surrounding the upper portion of the main sheet and engaging the notches in the Vside edges of the main sheet to secure'the sheets together.

i2. The combination with a- Ymain Work sheet having a notch in itsr top edge and notches in its side edges near the top, a supplementary Work sheet, a subjacent transfer sheet, said latter sheets being adapted to be folded overV longitudinally and engaged at the fold with the top edge of the main sheet Within the notch therein, and a continuous removable .band of paper or theV like surrounding the upper portion ofthe main sheet and engaging the notches in the sideredges of the main Vsheet to secure the notches in Iits side edgesnear the top, a;

supplementary Work sheet vadapted lto be folded over longitudinally and engaged atV the fold with the top edgev of the mainv sheet within the notch therein, and 'a continuous removable band of paper or the Vlike sur` rounding-the upper portion of the sheet and f engaging the Ynotches, in Vthe side edges-'of the main sheet to secure the sheets together,

said handhaving a sight vopening `inthe y face thereof.Y

In testimony whereof I aiiix ymy signature.

JOHN ASHLAND lweint-RY,Av 

